Hame-fastener



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A. B. CONDE. HAME FASTENBR.

'Patented Peb. 26, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

ALONZ B. CONDE, OF ALBANY, NEV YORK.

-HANI E-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters 1=atent` No. 294,202, dated February $6, 1854.

, Application tiled August 13, 1883.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern/ Be it known that I, ALONZO B. CONDE, of the city and county of Albany, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in llame-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ha1ne-fasteners and the object of my improvements is to provide a simple, efficient, and inexpensive device for securing the lower ends of a pair of haines, and other similar purposes. I attain this object by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and in whichw j Figure 1 is a perspective View of the hookpiece permanently secured to one end of the fastening-strap; Fig. 2, a plan view of a detachable catch that is adapted to be adj ustably attached to the body of said strap; Fig. 3, a side elevation of the hook and detachable catch Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively a longitudinal section anda transverse section (at the line 1v) of the detachable catch, and Fig. 6 a side elevation of a fastening-strap provided with my improvements.

As represented in the drawings, A is the fasteningstrap; B, a hook-piece permanently secured to said strap, and C a detachable catch adjustably attached to said fastening-strap.

The fasteningstra-p A is made of leather or other iiexible material possessing' sulieient tensile strength for the purpose, and the said strap has one of its ends perforated in the usual manner, for receiving the tongue of a buckle.

The hook-piece B is riveted or otherwise permanently secured to the imperforate end of the strap A, and is provided at its outer end with ahook, b, that is connected to the plate b' by means of the longitudinal side ianges, b2. The said flanges are connected together-by a transverse bar, b3, and all of the said parts are made integral, and are so arranged that an opening, b, will be formed directly under the transverse bar bi.

The detachable catch C closely resembles a snap-hook,"7 and is composed of the following parts: A body-piece, c, has at one end' a hook, c', that is adapted to engage with the bar b3 of the hook-piece, anda stationary loop, c2, that is formed on the opposite face of said (No model.)

body-piece, and is adapted to-receive the free end ofthe strap A. A sliding bolt, c3, is arranged to slide longitudinally in the bodypiece c, and is provided with a pendent head, 0*, which abuts against the point of the hook c', but projects beyond the face of said hook. as shown in Fig.'3. A spring, c5, exerts its pressure against said sliding boltin such manner that the head c'L will be held in contact with the point of the hook c'. A stationary pin or tongue, c, is formed on the body-piece c, so as to project from the same face, but at the end opposite to the one containing the loop c2. A buckle-frame composed of two loops, c7 and o8, arranged at an angle to each other, as shown in the drawings, is pivoted by its centerbar, c, to the end of the body-piece adj acent to the tongue c6 in such manner that it may be oscillated, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 4. The loop c7 oftsaid buckle-fraineis adapted to bear against the stationary tongue c, for the purpose of securing the catch C at any required point on the strap A, and thc loop c8 receives that part of said strap to which the hook-piece B is secured. By this arrangement of the parts the said hook-piece is always retained in close proximity to the catch C, so that the two parts can be quickly connected together.

' The strap A, having the hook-piece B se cured to its imperforate end, as hereinbefore described, has its free end passed through the loop cs of the catch C, and is then turned backward to form the bight a, as shown in Fig. 6. The said bight, when the fastener is applied to use, passes through the eye at the lower end of one ofthe haines. ters the loop c7, wherein one of its perforations is engaged upon the stationary tongue ci in such manner that the hook b will be regulated at the required distancev from the bight a to correspond to the space between the eyes at the lower ends of the pair of llames. Vhen The strap A next enthis has been accomplished, the free end of the strap A should be passed through the stationary loop c2, and the device will then be ready for use.

The two parts of a pair of hames are connected together by means of my fastener in the following manner: The strap A being attached to one of the haines, as hereinbefore roo described, the hook is engaged in the eyeof the other haine, and with vthe projecting end ofthe head c" bearing against the transverse bar b3, the catch C is pushed forward unt-il its hook c will slip into place over the bar b3, as shown in Figs. Il and 6, when the operation of fastening will be completed. To disengage the fastener, the catch C must be pushed forward, so that the hook c can be raised clear from the transverse bar b3, after which the hook b can be easily disengaged from the eye of the hame to which it is attached.

It Will rbe seen that by means of the strap A my fastener can be adjusted t0 any required length to adapt it to use with different haines, and for that reason its efficiency is greatly enhanced; Iand it will also be seen that the catch C can be used as a fastening in conjunction with an ordinary loop or other similar device, upon which its hook c will engagein the manner hereinabove described for its engagement with the bar b3 of the hook-piece.

I'claim as my inventionl. A haine-fastener consisting of the adjust` able strap A, having the plate B, with retaining-bar b3, permanently attached to one end of said strap, in combination with the detachable catchr C, the latter adapted to engage with the retaining-bar, substantially as set forth.

2. In ahaine-fastener, the combination, with a strap, A, provided with a hoolepiece, B, having a hook, 2),'and transverse bar b, as herein set forth, of a detachable catch, C, provided With a hook, c, a spring-actuated sliding bolt, c, having a head, c, adapted to abut against the point of the hook c', a stationary tongue, c, formed on the body-piece c, and a double buckle-frame composed of the loops c7 and c and center bar, c", pivoted, as described,

to the body-piece c, all constructed and arranged to operate substantially as herein speciied. v

3. The catch C, composed of the body-piece c, provided with a hook, c', adapted to engage With the bar b, asherein described, and a spring-aetuated sliding bolt, c, having a pendent head, ci', which abuts against the point ofthe hook c', but projects laterally beyond the'point of said hook, in combination with means, substantially as described, for engaging the latter Wit-h the hame, as and for the purpose set forth.

ALONZO B. CONDE.

Vitnesses:

NVM. H. Low. S. 13. BREWER. 

